Handstand Guide for Beginners - First steps towards balance

Hi there,

here is a quick intro into how you can use this material.
This Handstand Guide is not a follow along course, it's a library of exercises which will help you to start balancing on your hands. You can use this Handstand Guide to get new inspiration and put together your own training plan, or you can follow a suggested training plan which comes with it. Attached you find a 4-week training plan. If you're a complete beginner, keep doing the suggested exercises of week 1 during a longer period of time to first build up the strength in your forearms and fingers to protect your wrists. If you're a bit more experienced, you can go through it as suggested and spend a bit longer with the programme of week 3 and week 4.

Remember to always listen to your own body and go in your own speed.

If you have any questions about the exercises or the trainings plan, please contact me: kerstin@cameo-acrobatix.net

Wish you a happy training!

In this video you learn how to get in contact with the floor and how to place your hand to make it a good platform for your handstand.

Keywords: fingers parallel, squeeze the floor, focus point, etc.

In this video you learn at what distance to place the arms and in which direction to rotate the elbows.

Find out where you want to look in your handstand and what's the most practical head position when learning handstands.

In this video we clarify what it means when people tell you "to open the shoulders more" and what shoulder position prevents you from injuries.

Finding stillness in the mind and breathing in a handstand is quite important. I show you a breathing exercise which helps to control the rib cage in handstands.

This video is about the theory of balancing and some thoughts which will help in the first steps towards balance.

In this lecture you get some input about falling and how to safely exit. Exercises for learning how to twist out follow in a different lecture.

Recommendations on how to start training handstands to prevent injuries.

This video contains instructions on how to use the wall to practice handstands and how you can work on your alignment when upside down.

In this lecture you learn how to do the scapular push.

In this lecture you find several exercises to start to develop the sensation of balancing.

Learn how to safely twist out of your handstand.

In this video you find two exercises for learning how to roll your spine. Rolling the spine is necessary for all entrances into handstands.

Instructions on how to kick up into handstand and exercises how to develop this skill further.

In this video we develop the tuck handstand in four steps and look at what's important in correlation with this skill.

In this video we look at the first steps of the straddle entrance.